Video Error: Grey circle with a white exclaimation mark inside.

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Stop me if this sounds familiar:
You're on youtube, you press play and enjoy a brief moment of anticipation as the video loads... except it doesn't load. Your video is replaced with a white background, a grey circle with a white exclaimation mark inside. You click a few more times, nothing. You refresh but it remains there, mocking you. You scream various insults at it mostly accusing it of swan rape, it is unmoved. After an hour of sobbing you search around the forums and the only information you find is that it *might* be something to do with adobe and they're "taking it very seriously". You ponder how they'd take it humorously, perhaps draw a funny face and a hitler mustache on the exclaimation mark? You snap back into focus on your prediciment and decide on the only course of action you can pursue under these types of circumstances; you bitch about it on a forum.

Also some videos on this site don't show up at all, not sure if thats related.
Thoughts?

[Minimalist]

Upgrade Adobe Flash?

[ktulu]

Stop me if this sounds familiar:
You're on youtube, you press play and enjoy a brief moment of anticipation as the video loads... except it doesn't load. Your video is replaced with a white background, a grey circle with a white exclaimation mark inside. You click a few more times, nothing. You refresh but it remains there, mocking you. You scream various insults at it mostly accusing it of swan rape, it is unmoved. After an hour of sobbing you search around the forums and the only information you find is that it *might* be something to do with adobe and they're "taking it very seriously". You ponder how they'd take it humorously, perhaps draw a funny face and a hitler mustache on the exclaimation mark? You snap back into focus on your prediciment and decide on the only course of action you can pursue under these types of circumstances; you bitch about it on a forum.

Also some videos on this site don't show up at all, not sure if thats related.
Thoughts?

OS/Browser?

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Upgrade Adobe Flash?

Got the latest version.

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OS/Browser?

As far as I can tell different OS have had the same problem and my browser is standard google which is too widely used to be the problem.

[ktulu]

As far as I can tell different OS have had the same problem and my browser is standard google which is too widely used to be the problem.

I can honestly say I have never encountered that issue. I use Chrome for regular browsing, but I have the major 4 installed because I do some web development. IE/FIrefox/Opera/Chrome, I would have to say it's some sort of a plugin issue. If it's a Chrome thing, do you use any extensions? I have a bunch of MP4/MP3 Youtube converters that on occasion require replacing/updating/removal. Chrome is a pretty solid browser, but it can be a bit of a dick on certain issues, I'm speaking from experience. Try IE and see what it does on the same link, that should help you narrow it down to plugin/browser (try Safari if on a MAC).

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As far as I can tell different OS have had the same problem and my browser is standard google which is too widely used to be the problem.

I can honestly say I have never encountered that issue. I use Chrome for regular browsing, but I have the major 4 installed because I do some web development. IE/FIrefox/Opera/Chrome, I would have to say it's some sort of a plugin issue. If it's a Chrome thing, do you use any extensions? I have a bunch of MP4/MP3 Youtube converters that on occasion require replacing/updating/removal. Chrome is a pretty solid browser, but it can be a bit of a dick on certain issues, I'm speaking from experience. Try IE and see what it does on the same link, that should help you narrow it down to plugin/browser (try Safari if on a MAC).

Lost track of the link but next time the error occurs I'll save the link and do just that. Thanks.